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The Making of the Western Mind Goes Back to the Cross, Says Author

Crucifix

By: Kristian Johnson

“To go almost on pilgrimages, to take the knee, to fill great civic centres, not just in the United States, but across the Western world. I would argue that there is nothing culturally given about this, it’s reflective of highly contingent trends that are so deep and ancient that ultimately, they go back 2000 years to that very primal image of a man tortured to death by an oppressive state apparatus. Jesus on the cross.” ~ Tom Holland

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“The Law Shouldn’t Protect Us From Having Our Views Challenged”, Says Leading Barrister & Historian

Judges Gavel

By: Alec Bennetts

“Nobody is entitled to intellectual safety, nobody is entitled not to have their fundamental and cherished views challenged… All knowledge and all opinion is provisional until something more persuasive comes along. If we shut down the persuasive process we will stop advancing,” Continue reading ““The Law Shouldn’t Protect Us From Having Our Views Challenged”, Says Leading Barrister & Historian”